As a small boy I remember being taken by my mother to a ‘magic lantern’ slide show at a Gospel Chapel not far away.  It was a ‘real’ magic lantern lit by oil lamp reflectors and the slides, which were of Palestine, were the original square painted slides.

Ever since then I was fascinated by the photographic image, both still and moving, and started taking pictures on an old German 120 film camera, some of the pictures from which remain unto this day.

I have taken several thousand pictures over the years mainly just for family reasons and to capture memories.  These have been split into three groups:

1. •1935 to 1950 which are contained in this Website;
   

2. •1951 to 1960 the pictures taken while I was in the Royal Navy which are to be found in my Navy Days Website (www.navydays.me.uk); and,
   

3. •1960 to 2013 the rest of my photographs which are to be found in my photo gallery (www.mywebgallery.me.uk) which is still being compiled.
   

The three pictures above are: main: Dorothy taken at Kew Gardens; top left: Christine at her home in Motherewell; and bottom left: Royal Deeside.  These are just samples and if you would the rest, please click link.